If you could create a battlestar game...

[thomas7g]

If you could create a battlestar game...what would you put in it?

The new Battlestar Game is around the corner. But lets forget about that for now. Lets say you were given the power to create any kind of Battlestar Game you wanted. The powers that be finally realizes how stupid they are and decides to ask an expert to design a game he/she would buy. And that expert is you!


What would your game be like? :D:D

[Titon]

This is one that i'll be more than happy to answer.

First off if *i* were in charge i would do exactly what the present game people have done, go to a prequel and tell the *back* story of Galactica. BUT keep the original premis, names, dates and events on par with the TOS. Meaning that exactly, no changing of names or redesigns of ships and, ahem, genetalia.

As far as the prequel i might not move very far into the past before the destruction of the colonies. You could tell how the Colonial Fleet has fought valiantly over the last 5 years and how they nearly defeated the Cylon empire only to be decieved by one of there own. Bring the people up to speed as to how and why Baltar betrayed his own people. How it was not only Balter but others as well and he was fortunate to escape with his life. You could include such back stories as the Battle of Molecay and the destruction of the fifth fleet all except the Battlestar Pegasus. Make the game on the line of what the actual Wing Commander game was based on, a story driven arc that played extremely well with me as far as a game goes. To bad Moyer hacked the movie up. But that's another story all together.

As a game producer you would have the luxury of going back and designing ships though that were never seen but meshed well with the Galactica universe. The support ships and stations throughout the colonies could help tell the very story that was missing from the pilot. BUT then again your talking a huge undertaking that i'd be more than happy to help with.

In the broader picture it seems that this type of game would playo out extremely well but for some reason hollywood always seems to be bent on changing it's own history rather than *fixing* it and expanding on it. It's truely remarkable that NO ONE can see this. Why it goes on is beyond me. But i will tell you one thing, for all that's bad with the new mini that's coming out the game people gave us something to look forward to.

:)

[Stevew]

Hollyweird Sci-Fi is screwed up because U R not running it Don
Too bad I would work for you :D
S:thumbsup:

[Titon]

LOL Steve!

By the way, you know us, we just want to model. Leave the headaches to the other people.

In other words, don't get me started. If i ran my company like hollywood does there productions i'd be out of business tomorrow.

Wait, isn't that what's happening to Universal right now?

LOL

;)

You can work *with* me any day Steve.

[Stevew]

LOL
WE just make models and love it. I am finishing the tex on the Procyon and poly reduction. I have managed to keep it under a million polys, I think it is some of my best work. I am thinking about doing the Warstar and the Super Bastar for competition
for my fleet but I am a little down right now, but that will change
S:)

[thomas7g]

I mentioned elsewhere I would like to have a virtual chatroom like feature. Where you could take your game character and walk into a chatroom and say hello to Jewels, or Don and the chat messages would appear above our heads like in a comic strip.

It would replace icq and other messengers. :D

You could build your ship layouts, texture them, and also design your own warrior (or be a cylon or a daggit) and then have fun chatting!

:D

[thomas7g]

Of course I would like to put Ron Moore and Bonnie Hammer in the bar just so I could draw my pistol and blast them a few times for fun :D

[dvo47p]

Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Video Game
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0368594

Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / War

Plot Outline: William Adama (who uses the callsign Husker) must fight the Cylons in the human-Cylon war, forty years before the events depicted in the Battlestar Galactica television series and mini series.

Dirk Benedict .... Kara Thrace aka Starbuck (voice)
Robin Atkin Downes .... (voice)
Richard Hatch (I) .... Lee Adama aka Apollo (voice)

So now Richard & Dirk are Lee & Kara, or Scifi screwed up.

It is safe to say it was Scifi